Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Yes, we can't waste the good opportunity that Li Jin has won for us." The political commissar nodded in agreement, as most of the Japanese soldiers had already been drawn away by Li Jin.

This means that the pressure on other units has been reduced by several times in an instant, especially the Class A divisions that pose the greatest threat to the troops, which have basically been drawn to Li Jin.

"Sir, a telegram from the Special Operations Regiment." At this moment, another telegraph operator ran in and handed the telegram to the commander for inspection.

"As for Li Jin, he should have probably destroyed all the planes at the airport," the political commissar guessed.

"Yes, four airfields, more than two hundred aircraft, plus more than four hundred Japanese pilots, all were taken care of by Li Jin. That kid did a great job!" The commander reported the battle situation after reading the telegram.

"That's good. Now that the Japanese have no planes, our troops no longer need to specifically choose to operate at night." The political commissar smiled.

Previously, due to concerns about bombing by Japanese planes, they mostly chose to operate at night to avoid being bombed by Japanese planes.

Now that's great, they can operate during the day, making them even more efficient at sabotaging the Japanese railways and highways.

"I believe the results of this operation will be even greater than expected!" The commander was also full of confidence. Li Jin had already solved two problems. If they still couldn't expand the results even further, then they would really be letting down Li Jin's hard work.

“Absolutely,” the political commissar replied.

"Send a telegram back to the special operations regiment, telling them to keep up the good work. At the same time, inform them that the Japanese 4th Division is going to send troops out of Taiyuan to encircle and annihilate them," the commander instructed the telegraph operator.

"Yes!" The two telegraph operators slowly left the meeting room.

"Alright, now that we've dealt with the Japanese planes, we should get some rest. Let's go to sleep first, and we'll talk about the rest after we've had a good night's rest." The commander finished speaking and got up.

“It’s time to get some rest; we haven’t had a proper rest lately.” The political commissar followed his superior.

The two were about to return to their lodgings to rest. Although they had always believed that Li Jin could complete the mission, it was still somewhat dangerous. Therefore, they dared not be careless until Li Jin completed the mission and had to pay close attention to the situation at all times.

.........

Around six in the morning.

Xu Qingfeng and Li Yunlong also arrived at Huangyun Mountain, where they met Li Jin, who had come over.

"Commander Li, Commander Kong, Brother Yunfei, the success of this operation is inseparable from your cooperation." Li Jin stepped forward and spoke of the hard work of the men.

"Brother Mu, you're joking. If it weren't for your help, it would have been virtually impossible for us to wipe out an entire Japanese brigade with our small force," Chu Yunfei replied.

He knew very well that the main force attacking the 33rd Brigade was still Mu Jin's troops. Otherwise, it would have been a pipe dream for him, Li Yunlong, and Kong Jie's three regiments to take down a Japanese brigade.

Moreover, they were dealing with a brigade of a Class A division, which made the task even more difficult, as they had already seen in their battles against the Japanese. Here they come.

"Brother Yunfei, what you're saying is a win-win situation. If it weren't for your help, my plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly," Li Jin said with a serious expression.

If Chu Yunfei hadn't brought the 358th Regiment to help, it would have been extremely difficult for him to achieve such results. In other words, without the 358th Regiment, it would have been virtually impossible for him to wipe out the 33rd Brigade.

Not to mention wiping out the special operations regiment and the Japanese command post!
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm telling you, stop being so modest. Everyone deserves credit, but Mu Jin's contribution is greater!" Li Yunlong couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up to stop the two of them from praising each other endlessly.

"Brother Yunlong is right!" Chu Yunfei also agreed with what Li Yunlong said.

"Brother Yunfei, how was it fighting against the Class A division?!" Li Jin couldn't help but ask. The Japanese Class A divisions were actually quite strong; a single division could fight against an army group of over 100,000 men. Their combat power was unimaginable.

"Well, they're very impressive. When attacked, they react quickly, organize a counterattack immediately, and quickly get their soldiers to build effective positions. Their division of labor is clear, and their teamwork is excellent!"
"If the 358th Regiment had encountered such a fierce attack, my soldiers wouldn't have been able to do it so well!" Chu Yunfei replied with a serious expression.

He did not feel arrogant because of the annihilation of the 33rd Brigade, nor did he think that the Japanese first-class divisions were nothing special.

On the contrary, he saw something even more terrifying in the Japanese Class A divisions: the troops' coordination was too perfect, suggesting countless hours of training and battles. It must have taken countless battles for his soldiers to coordinate so effectively.

"It's good that Brother Yunfei thinks this way. Although we won this battle, we mustn't become arrogant because of it, or we'll put ourselves in danger later."

"However, this can also motivate the troops below. After all, they dared to fight against the Japanese Class A divisions and even won. How could they be afraid of ordinary Japanese troops!" Li Jin laughed.

He was right about Chu Yunfei. The other party wasn't the type to become arrogant after winning two battles; on the contrary, he would learn from the experience.

“Incentives are a good thing, but we also need to give them a warning to prevent them from becoming too arrogant, which is also not good,” Chu Yunfei replied with a serious expression.

“Indeed, the consequence of being too arrogant is that one becomes conceited!” Li Jin nodded in agreement with Chu Yunfei’s point of view.

"Speaking of which, the 33rd Brigade truly lives up to its reputation as a Class A division; its combat effectiveness is quite strong."

Judging from our ambush situation at the time, if it had been any Japanese unit that wasn't a top-tier division, we could have taken them out in a short time!
"You can tell from their hearts that any division that can be called a Class A division is no weakling in combat," Li Yunlong chimed in.

"Commander Li, then you'd better train your troops hard so that one day you can defeat the Japanese Class A divisions." Li Jin replied with a smile.

"That goes without saying. I'm not bragging, but within two years, I will definitely make the combat effectiveness of the new regiment comparable to that of a Class A division with the same number of personnel," Li Yunlong said.

As for surpassing the Special Operations Regiment, he naturally wouldn't think about such unrealistic things. After all, if all the soldiers in the unit were that strong, the resources required would be astronomical. Given the current situation of the New First Regiment, it's impossible to do that unless one day they capture a large amount of resources again, then they can become stronger.

“I believe that. Commander Li never makes empty promises.” Li Jin nodded.

"By the way, didn't you take down the Japanese secret unit? How are they?! Have they put any pressure on you?!" Chu Yunfei changed the subject at this moment! He still wanted to ask about the specific situation, after all, he saw corpses all over the ground when he came over, and they didn't look like ordinary people.

"The pressure isn't that great, since it was a surprise attack. But judging from their reaction, they are indeed much stronger than the troops of a Class A division. However, they were a bit unlucky; I ambushed them."
Otherwise, I would feel a lot of pressure in a head-on confrontation with the same number of people! Li Jin responded that the combat capability of the Yamamoto Special Attack Corps was extremely high.

After being ambushed and attacked by him, Yamamoto's special attack team was able to launch a quick counterattack. If it were an ordinary Japanese unit, they would probably be wiped out in a single encounter.

However, Yamamoto's special attack force was able to retaliate and even tried to kill him, which shows that Yamamoto's special attack force was not comparable to ordinary troops.

"Looking at it this way, the Yamamoto Special Attack Corps is indeed very strong. They were just unlucky to run into you," Li Yunlong said. For Li Jin to praise the Japanese troops like that, the Yamamoto Special Attack Corps must be very powerful.

“Indeed, if we fail to eliminate this force, the pressure will be immense,” Kong Jie chimed in.
He certainly didn't want to encounter such a powerful enemy as his opponent; that would be too terrifying.

"You guys are alright, if something happens you can probably get Brother Mu to come quickly. But if something happens to me, I don't think Brother Mu can get here so fast," Chu Yunfei said. He guessed that Mu Jin's base was probably not far from the Eighth Route Army.

“Brother Yunfei, I don’t like hearing that. If you are attacked, just send a telegram for help, and I will definitely come to your aid immediately. I won’t waste any time,” Li Jin replied with a serious expression.

"Then thank you very much, Brother Mu." Chu Yunfei smiled.

"By the way, where is Commander Zhang?!" Li Jin glanced at the person in front of him, then asked, pretending not to know.

"The division commander has other matters to attend to and must return first. Don't worry, Brother Mu. After this battle, the division commander has basically decided that cooperating with you will not be a loss for us," Chu Yunfei said hurriedly. He knew that Mu Jin was asking on purpose, but he couldn't not answer.

"Oh, that's a bit of a pity." Li Jin said, feigning regret.

"Actually, the Jin-Sui Army has already prepared tens of thousands of troops. As for where to start the attack, I don't know!" Chu Yunfei continued.

Before leaving, Commander Zhang gave him a general overview of the battle and asked him to pass it on to Li Jin.

“One army is actually a bit small, but it’s enough for us to participate. In this operation, you might have a chance to recapture more counties,” Li Jin said.

Most of the Japanese troops are now moving towards his side, and the Eighth Route Army has also attracted a lot of Japanese troops, so the Jin-Sui Army will not encounter many Japanese troops. If the Jin-Sui Army cannot recapture more counties, he will be extremely disappointed.

"Brother Mu, it's not really up to me to decide on this matter of sending troops. If it were up to me, I could directly dispatch all the Jin-Sui Army to cooperate in the operation. Maybe we could even drive the Japanese devils to Taiyuan." Chu Yunfei sensed a hint of dissatisfaction in the other party's tone, so he quickly changed the subject.

He could understand it, after all, most of the Japanese soldiers had been lured away, and it was indeed a bit unreasonable for Commander Yan to be so cautious.

"Haha, if we could vote to choose who to make the decisions, I would definitely vote for you." Li Jin laughed immediately after hearing this.

After hearing this, Chu Yunfei could only smile helplessly. What good would it do if Mu Jin voted for him? He still couldn't command too many troops.

"By the way, judging from your appearance just now, it seemed like you were on your way back after completing a mission. Did you manage to take care of the Japanese airport?!" Chu Yunfei said quickly, remembering this.

Judging from the way Mu Jin and the others looked just now, they had clearly made a run and then returned. Judging from this, Mu Jin must have done something.

The most likely thing to happen is the airport that Mu Jin mentioned earlier!

“I didn’t expect Brother Yunfei to still remember this. I did go to bomb the airports last night. There were four airports in total, more than two hundred planes, plus more than four hundred Japanese pilots…” Li Jin explained the situation and also mentioned that the Japanese planes had escaped from one airport and then went to another airport to die.

This made everyone burst into laughter.

"Those little devils really know how to pull off something like this. We thought we'd escaped, but it turned out we were lambs to the slaughter," Li Yunlong laughed.

“Old Li, your analogy isn’t quite right. It should be: the Japanese devils will surely perish because of their many evil deeds! Even if they manage to escape for a while, they will still be unable to escape death in the end!” Zhao Gang said.

"Yes, yes, our Political Commissar Zhao is both a scholar and a warrior. It's already quite good that I, a peasant, could find a similar analogy," Li Yunlong replied.

"Old Li, you should learn more from Political Commissar Zhao and avoid making the wrong analogy," Kong Jie said cheerfully.

“What’s it to you? You don’t even know as many words as I do. Old Zhao is from Yenching University, what’s your background?” Li Yunlong retorted immediately.

"No, I..." Kong Jie was speechless for a moment after being rebuked.

“If the planes bomb us, we won’t be afraid of the Japanese air strikes anymore. This will give us a much better chance of causing trouble,” Li Wenying quickly changed the subject.

“You’re right. I was really worried about the Japanese planes bombing us. We really can’t do anything about them. Hey, Brother Yunfei, I heard that your National Army has some anti-aircraft guns. Could you get us some too?!” Li Yunlong said, looking at Chu Yunfei.

They couldn't engage the Japanese in aerial combat, since they had no planes or even pilots. However, if they had anti-aircraft guns, the Japanese wouldn't dare to fly too low to drop bombs, which would reduce casualties.

“Brother Yunlong, anti-aircraft guns aren’t so easy to get. Only the Central Army has them, and even then, not all of them have them. But for some reason, the Japanese planes always seem to stay outside the range of these anti-aircraft guns, which is very strange,” Chu Yunfei said.

The Japanese have bombed that area quite a bit in recent years, but they are not afraid of anti-aircraft guns at all because the Japanese planes do not fly that low.

"Now that you mention it, it does seem a bit strange." Li Yunlong frowned upon hearing this.

"There's nothing strange about it. There were Japanese spies among the people responsible for operating the anti-aircraft guns. They leaked the range of the anti-aircraft guns, which allowed the Japanese to take precautions."

Otherwise, how could the Japanese have flown just outside the range of the anti-aircraft guns?! You know, planes need to fly low to drop bombs more accurately, and the Japanese knew that too," Li Jin said slowly. (End of Chapter)